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Pilot reported having to descend to avoid a collision; then realized aircraft may have been too low over a group of people.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1742319 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202005 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural FAR |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 1000 Vertical 250 |
Narrative:
Flying VFR with flight following from ZZZ approach on local flight to maintain currency and run engine during covid-19 inactivity. I was flying at 500 feet when my ads-B/tis traffic alert activated. I observed traffic head on at my altitude about a mile away; opposite direction that appeared to be a small aircraft as well. I immediately turned to the right; and descended to approximately 300 feet. The traffic passed off my left with adequate clearance. As I recovered from this maneuver I found myself around 300 feet over a group of people; possibly violating minimum altitude over persons. Once the traffic passed I climbed to a safe altitude consistent with minimum altitudes for the area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot reported having to descend to avoid a collision; then realized aircraft may have been too low over a group of people.
Narrative: Flying VFR with flight following from ZZZ Approach on local flight to maintain currency and run engine during COVID-19 inactivity. I was flying at 500 feet when my ADS-B/TIS traffic alert activated. I observed traffic head on at my altitude about a mile away; opposite direction that appeared to be a small aircraft as well. I immediately turned to the right; and descended to approximately 300 feet. The traffic passed off my left with adequate clearance. As I recovered from this maneuver I found myself around 300 feet over a group of people; possibly violating minimum altitude over persons. Once the traffic passed I climbed to a safe altitude consistent with minimum altitudes for the area.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.